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Continuing Education

Please review the list of courses coming up. Click on the name of any course you may be interested and information will expand and there will be links for more information that will take you to course specifics and registration forms.

Online Ethics and Jurisprudence Content
NOW Available Anytime ONLINE

How far will you go to protect yourself, your colleagues, your patients? Is confession really good for the soul? This 4 hour course will explore the difficult issues that arise when you become aware of indiscretions of others, and your professional responsibilities and integrity come into conflict with your loyalties. Federal laws and regulations outlining our duty to report will be presented, followed by group discussions of the related ethical concepts of honesty, loyalty, autonomy, and informed consent, and how they may create conflicts for us in our clinical practice as well as our daily lives. This presentation meets the 4 hour licensure requirement for Ethics and Jurisprudence. Discounted fee for Marquette Alumni, community participants welcome!

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Addressing the Challenges of Early Mobility
April 13, 2013

Join us for an exploration of the culture and ways to approach both real and perceived barriers of early mobility. Topics will include evidence based practice with a focus on team collaboration for critically ill patients across the acute care spectrum. Discussions incorporate equipment management, lab values, vital signs, complicating conditions using case scenarios and open discussion

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Evidence-Based Therapeutic Exercise for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
April 26-28, 2013

This 3-day course is designed for rehabilitation professionals seeking additional skills and training in providing neuromuscular re-education and therapeutic exercise for clients with pelvic floor dysfunction and related diagnoses. Comprehensive regional anatomy and function will be addressed, including diaphragm, thoraco-lumbar hip mobility, abdominal wall, pelvic floor and multifidi. Participants will apply concepts during lab-based therapeutic neuromuscular re-education and client self-treatment methods. Clinical knowledge of orthopedic manual therapy is recommended but not required.

This course is an excellent adjunct for orthopedic as well as pelvic floor clinicians seeking additional treatment tools for clients with lumbar, hip and sacroiliac pain syndromes. There is no internal pelvic floor assessment or observation/assessment of the perineum during this course.

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Differential Diagnosis (PHTH 7549)
May 21, June 11, June 18, and June 25, 2013

This course is designed for licensed physical therapists with a BS or MPT degree. DPT entry-level lecture course focusing on a broad range of medical diseases and their various clinical presentations. The focus is on the use of clinical decision making skills when analyzing a patient's medical history intake and the review of systems. The course addresses screening, to include referral for conditions or diseases that are not within a physical therapist's scope of practice.

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Anatomic, Kinesiologic, and Practical Foundations of Exercise Prescription: Focus on the Upper Extremity
May 30-31, June 1, 2013

Focus on the Upper Extremity with Dr. Donald Neumann, PT, PhD, FAPTA and special guest Dr. David Williams, PT, PhD, ATC, CSCS.

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MRI & CT: Diagnostic Imaging and Testing
2013 Dates Pending

This course is open to PT's. Participants join DPT entry-level lecture course by attending one or two guest lectures on Plain Film Radiography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging Content for DPT Professional Practice".

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Treatment of Bowel, Bladder and Pelvic Floor Disorders: Anatomical, Physiological, and Behavioral Foundations for Clinical Practice
June 19-22, 2013

An intensive four-day study of the anatomical and pyscho-physiological principles essential for the development of effective treatment programs. This course meets didactic training and practicum requirements for Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA) certification in pelvic floor muscle dysfunction biofeedback. A benefit for the PT Faculty Scholarship Fund to assist graduate students in the doctor of physical therapy program. Detail information to follow.

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Gross Dissection and Kinesiology
July 10 - 13, 2013

This course consists of an intensive four-day anatomical dissection and kinesiological review. Even-year summers focus on the lower extremity and odd-year summers focus on the upper extremity. The primary purpose of this course is to provide clinicians with a solid anatomical and kinesiologic basis for understanding normal and abnormal function of the musculoskeletal system. This information is essential for the development of effective treatment programs.

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Neuroanatomical Dissection: Human Brain and Spinal Cord
July 18 - 20, 2013

This course consists of an exciting three-day anatomical dissection of the brain and spinal cord, as well as a compelling review of recent advances in functional neuroscience. Participants will work in groups and be allotted three afternoons to perform regional dissections on embalmed human cadaveric material. The faculty consists of neuroscientists and clinicians qualified and experienced as neuroanatomical instructors. Faculty members guide 12 hours of dissection in the afternoons. These sessions are complemented by three morning lecture sessions enriched by slide, video, computer animation and microscopic presentations. Detail information to follow.

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Brain Dissection and Neuroscience: Applications to Disorders of Language and Speech Functions
August 1-3, 2013

This course provides training in neuroscience applied to higher mental functions and their disorders. Participants gain an in-depth understanding of structural properties, sensorimotor systems and neurolinguistic organization of the human brain. This learning is supplemented by the guided brain dissections and neurological problem solving. Participants will also learn about the modern neuroradiological techniques, advances in neurological management of stroke and related syndromes, bioethical issues, neuropsychological concepts and neurolinguistic implications of various neurosurgical techniques. The faculty is derived from the disciplines of neurolinguistics, neuroscience, neurology, neurosurgery, law and neuroradiology.

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Behavioral and Rehabilitation Treatment of Bowel Disorders - An Advanced Course
October 3-5, 2013

This is an advanced two-day course designed for nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other health care providers who are seeking a better understanding of the various bowel disorders that affect children, women and men; and the specific rehabilitation strategies that are useful in treating these disorders.

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Physical Rehabilitation of the Knee and Ankle: Integrating Structure, Function and Treatment
December, 2013 Dates TBD

This two-day course is designed for physical therapists, their assistants, and athletic trainers who desire a comprehensive yet practical review of the anatomy, kinesiology and treatment principles associated with the knee and ankle.

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Credentialed Clinical Instructor Program
2014 Dates Pending

This program is recognized by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as a Clinical Instructor (CI) Education and Credentialing Program and is being sponsored by Marquette University on behalf of the WI Clinical Education Consortium. The program was developed through a grant funded by APTA under the direction of principal investigator Michael J. Emery, Ed.D., PT and with co-investigators Nancy Peatman, PT, M.Ed. and Lynn Foord, MS, M.Ed., PT and with materials used by the New England Consortium of Academic Coordinators of Clinical Education, Inc. It takes 15 hours to complete the entire program for CI Education and Credentialing.

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APTA Advanced Clinical Instructor Credentialing and Education Program
2014 Dates Pending

The Advanced Clinical Instructor Credentialing and Education Program brings two constructs together in one professional development program that advances both clinical teaching and best practice when providing student clinical education. Using a case-based and interactive approach to education, this program provides participants with the essential knowledge and skill to more effectively teach and mentor students in the context of a doctoring profession. Through the program's unique philosophy and design, best outcomes will be achieved for student learning by concurrently advancing concepts of clinical teaching and clinical practice.

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MU Pelvic Floor Symposium
2014 Dates Pending
  • Understanding Sexual Function and Wellness: A Course for Pelvic Floor Therapists
  • Integrating Meditation, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Imagery, and other Mind-Body Strategies into Rehabilitation and Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pelvic Pain.
  • The Male Pelvic Floor-A Therapeutic Approach

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